I am so confused. Help me please

College Search & Selection Community Colleges
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<p>I came to the US about a year ago, and since i'm in HS here i've done an outstanding job. My GPA is 3.4 and well I came here with the intention to go to an American college. However, i found the money barrier. My family has literaly no money for my college education. I got acepted into Rutgers, but i don't like so much the campusthat i got into. Going there means to get into debt, and do not want to keep paying my college til' i'm 40. I am a kind of desperate right now, when i just came here everyone told me go to a community college, and then transfer. But since I got accepted into Rutgers everyone is saying crap about community colleges; that they are boring, not interesting, that the people that goes there are mostly bumps that couldn't make it to a 4 year school. I am just soooo confused, and i am feeling a kind of helpless now. The things is, i have no money. my only option is Rutgers, and i did not get into where i wanted to (mostly cuz' my sat's) and i don't think i will apply to any other school, I wanna get into engineering, and the best arround here is Rutgers. I know if i apply to other schools out of Jersey i would get in, but it goes back to the money issue. Then, I mean, i feel that i have tried so hard, and now i'll have to go with the crowd of those that couldn't make it to a real school. </p>

<p>any light, advice, comment?</p>

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<p>The first two years of an engineering curriculum can be done at a community college, and you will find that it is not very different from a University (Physics, Math, Chem, Statics/Dynamics/Strength of Materials). Yes, there are some poor students at community colleges, but you are not going to find them in Calculus, Engineering Physics, or Dynamics courses. </p>

<p>If you cannot get a good scholarship to go to Rutgers, then you should consider spending half the money for similar courses at a community college, then transferring into an Engineering program back at Rutgers (or elsewhere). Assuming that you earn good grades in the above courses, you should be able to get in. If you do very well, you may be eligible for academic scholarships too.</p>

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<p>you say one of the most important reason why I should go to a CC. in Engineering classes I won’t have to deal with bump people. Thanks!</p>

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<p>College is what you make of it. Go to a community college, take the most challenging program and get high grades and great teacher recommendations. My husband started at a CC without any money as an immigrant and ended up in the Ivy league with a Brown BA and a Harvard PhD. It is possible.</p>